Improvement in grain-car doors



M. 1:". BAGLEY. Grain-Car Door.

No. 221,270, Patented Nov. 4, 1879.

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UNITED 'raras PATENT @Errea MOSES F. BAGLEY, OF MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-CAR DOORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,270, dated November4, 1879; application filed September 18, 1879.

To all whom it may Concern:

Be it known that I, MosEs F. BAGLEY, of Mount Vernon, county ofJefferson, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and nsefulImprovements in Grain-Gar Doors; and I do hereby declare the following`to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being1 hadto the aceompanyin g drawings, making a part of this specification, andin whichp Figure 1 represents the body ot' a gram-ear Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view.

My invention relates to improvements in doors for grain-ears; and theimprovement consists in a novel construction and arrangement of partswhereby a rigid ear-door, when not in use, may be easily carried closeup under the roofof the ear and there remain ont of the way until theear is to be lled.

'To enable others slrilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have earried itout.

In the drawings, A represents the ioor of the grain-ear, B the root',and C O standards or uprights supporting the root', and formingA theframe of the door. A continuous way or groove, c, is made in the frameson each side ot' the door and across under the roof in the rafterssupporting it. At the angle of the sides and roof I prefer making acurve in the Way or groove rather than an abrupt turn.

The door D is provided at each corner with a 1ug,d, two ot'whioh move ineach of the ways c c. Vhen the grain is to be removed from the ear thedoor is carried upward in the ways to the root', and thence horizontallyunder the roof to a point half-way across, where it is arrested by stopsin the grooves. rEhe lugs and rounded corners allow the door to turn theangle with ease. p

I am aware that heretofore grain-car doors have been arranged to slideup by lugs in grooves to the eaves of the car and then be swung up underthe roof; also, that car-doors have been made of slats jointed to eachother, so as to make a tlexible door, said door being provided with eyesrunning on rods passing up the sides of the cars and along the roof; orsaid doors sliding by their ends in grooves arranged in the sides androotl of the car; but these jointed doors are expensive, liable toderangement by grain getting in 'the joints, and liable to be sprung outot' close contact with the side of the car; but I am not aware of arigid door having been arranged by lugs or pintles to similarly slide upand pass the corner of the eaves in a similar manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The rigid door D, provided with the lugs or projections d d, incombination with the grooved ways c c, extending up the sides and alongunder the roof of the car, whereby the door of a grain-car may be slidup and around the corner of the side and roof and lodged beneath theroof of the car, substantially as and. for the purpose set forth.

MOSES FRENCH BAGLEY.

Attest:

WM. H. SMITH, W. H. HINMAN.

